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Research Theme: Captive breeding of threatened species and re-introduction

Scope

Captive breeding programs are a central element of the role that zoos around the world can play in biodiversity conservation. They can maintain insurance populations for species that face extinction in the wild and breed animals for re-introduction to the wild once threatening processes have been mitigated.

Zoos Victoria has a strong commitment to captive breeding and recovery programs for threatened species, in particular through our Fighting Extinction Programs. Our research aims to increase our understanding of how various factors influence captive breeding and reintroduction success including: